Casting float



Amit i 1924;.

E.. J. MGMINDES CASTING FLOAT Filed May l5 1922 Patented Apr. 1, 1924.

ELVIN J. MOMINDES, OF'MIN'NEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

CASTING FLOAT.

Application tiled Hay. 15, 1922. Serial H0. 560,987.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ELVIN J. MoMnmEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in' the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and'useful Improvements in Casting Floats; and I do hereby declare the f ollowing to be a full, clear, and exact descrl tion of the invention, such as will enab e others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use theV same.

My invention provides an improved arrangement of a oat on a fish line, whereb certain improved results are obtained, an

generally stated, the invention consists of the novel construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described and defined in the claim.

Hitherto, it has not been practical to use a iioat on a line applied to a rod equipped with a reel, for the following reasons: If a oat be applied to a casting line, it must be applied very close to the hook or against the sinker, which is alwa s close to the 2a hook, and when so applic in accordance with the provisions hitherto made, the oat would keep the hook from sinking to the proper depth. lf the float be secured to the line a considerable distance from the hook and sinker, it would be impossible to use the line with the rod because the float would not, oi course, pass through the line-v guiding eyes on the rod.

l' overcome all of these diculties by pro- 85 riding a float capable of sliding movements on the line to and from a position close to the hook and sinker, and providing the line, at a suitable point, with a iloat stop, which will, nevertheless, pass freely through the e0 e es of the rod. This arrangement permits the doat to bear against the sinker while casting and then permits the hook and sinker to sink to the proper depth after they have struck the water.

The preferred form of my improved oat and the preferred manner of applying the same to the line is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several e@ views.

Referring to the drawings: Fig. l is a side elevation showing a reelequipped casting rod, the line of which is momentum that the equipped with a oat, in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is an elevation showin tlon of the float on the line w water; i

F1g. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of F1g. 2;

F1g'. 4 1s a perspective of the float removed from the lme; and

the posien in the Fig. 5 is a perspective showing the preferred manner of applying the the line.

The rod 6 has the customary line-guidin eyes 7 and 1s equipped with a reel 8 an lme 9. On the end of the line is a hook 10 and, at the proper short distance from. the hook, the lme is provided with an ordinary sinker l1.

oat stop to The float 12 is preferably of cork and is shown as made up of two reversely tapered truncated cones cemented together and onto an axlal tubular core 13. The core 13 is preferably made of hollow cane reed and is terminated short of the ends of the oat so as to leave seats into which are inserted line-v gulding bushings 14 preferably'of lass.

As a suitable upper stop a pli to the lme, li preferabl employ a sliort piece of cord or heavy sh line 15 bent U-shaped and inserted through' a slip knot 16 formed in the line 9. This knot, oi course, may be readily formed at any place on the line, and when it is drawn taut against the exible stop 15, it will hold the latter in proper position. The flexible stop 15 and the knot 16 will not pass through the small axial perforations of the bushings la but will very `freely pass through the much larger openings in the guide eyes 7 of the rod.

With the above arrangement, when the rod and line are ready for casting, the float 12 will be against the sinker l1, as shown in Fig. 1, and the stop l5 will be located somewhere along the rod, usually between the eyes 7, but in some cases ma even be wound with the line upon the ree ln any event, when the hook is cast, the weight of the float will be added to that oi the sinker and hook and will give such increases in ook may be cast to a very considerable distance. The flexible stop 15 and knot 16 will pass through the eyes oi the rod under very little increased frictional resistance over that produced by the line, but this slightly increased friction will be more than offset b the increased momentum afforded by the oat in the casting action.

As the line passes axially upward throu h the float, the Hout will set upright in t e water, projecting more or less above the surface of the water and, hence, will be very sensitive to nibbling actions on the bait.

Manufacture of the float is facilitated by making the same in two sections, as best shown in Fig. 3, and by securing the same, by cement or otherwise, to the tubular core 13. In actual practice, I have found that A fish line float com rising a tubular 20 core of hollow cane ree and a plurality of cork sections telescoped around and secured to said core, said core being terminated short of the ends of the' float and said float having glass line-guiding bushings l5 inserted through the ends thereof and bemg of less diameter than the cane reed.

In testlmony whereof I aix my signature.

ELVIN J. MCMINDES. 

